Domingo de Soto
Domingo de Soto, O.P. (1494 – 15 November 1560) was a Spanish Dominican priest and Scholastic theologian born in Segovia (Spain), and died in Salamanca (Spain), at the age of 66. He is best known as one of the founders of international law and of the Spanish Thomistic philosophical and theological movement known as the School of Salamanca.
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| Born | 1494 Segovia, Crown of Castile |
| Died | 15 November 1560 (aged 65–66) Salamanca, Crown of Castile |
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| School | Scholasticism Medieval realism School of Salamanca |
Main interests | Theology, metaphysics, Philosophy of law |
He is also known for his contributions to mechanical physics: His works on mechanics, which he presented in his book "Physicorum Aristotelis quaestiones", in 1551, served as the basis for Galileo's and Isaac Newton studies.
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